How to learn advanced Tcl/tk

Ephracis · 02-12-2005, 06:50 AM

I am trying to start programming in Tcl and Tk. But this is kinda hard since every guide and tutorial that google finds for me is "beginners guide to..." or "for non-programmers" and so on. These guides does not assume prior programming experience and they just explains the principals of loops and if-statements. I know those things already. I have programmed other languages such as C/C++, Java, Pearl and I need a good guide that really explains the Tk toolkit.

Are there any *good* guides out there?

teval · 02-12-2005, 11:01 AM

If you really understand programming you don't need a guide.
Just get the language description and commands from the tcl/tk website, look at the examples, and write.

If not, just bear through the beginners guides.

vharishankar · 02-12-2005, 11:06 AM

teval, it's one thing to know language constructs and totally another to know how to write effective programs using a particular language.

In this case I assume (since I don't know Tcl/tk) that there must be an API documentation with reference on functions somewhere which MezzyMeat wants.

Here's a tutorial

http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.5/tutorial/tcltutorial.html

Man pages
http://www.tcl.tk/man/

Getting started and books
http://www.tcl.tk/scripting/